Re: Enantiornithine or enantiornithean?

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

I agree, only there's nothing "4" in Tet_anurae, it's supposed to mean
"stiff tails" like in that illness called "tetanus"...

> Mickey,
>      Enantiornithine does pose a potential problem that the other examples
> do not, because it is a typified name (based on a generic name).  When I
> first saw this spelling, subfamily automatically popped into my head
> (luckily the context made it clear that it was not referring to a
> subfamily).  For this case in particular, I would agree than
Enantiornithean
> is preferable.
>      I see little potential problem with tetranurine, ornithurine, or
> neornithine, but would personally prefer tetranuran, ornithuran, and
> neornithean.  But if you use either variant (or even another slightly
> different variant ending), anyone familiar with these clades will know
what
> you mean.
>                         -----Ken Kinman